| Description |
xx, 236 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Key issues and themes. 1. Punishment in the ancient world -- 2. The first prisons -- 3. The convict era -- 4. Alexander Maconochie and Norfolk Island -- 5. Early attempts at a system of law and order -- 6. The prison in the 19th century -- 7. The prison in the early 20th century -- 8. Prison architecture abnd design -- 9. The endless cycle of reform -- 10. Capital punishment -- 11. Imprisonment of women, the Indigenous, juveniles and the mentally ill -- 12. Community corrections -- 13. Towards the future -- Pt. 2: Development of corrections in Australian states and territories. 14. New South Wales -- 15. Tasmania -- 16. Western Australia -- 17. South Australia -- 18. Victoria -- 19. Queensland -- 20. Northern Territory -- 21. Australian Capital Territory |
| Summary |
Beginning with the punishment systems of the ancient world, O'Toole investigates the birth of the modern prison, the transportation process, the convict era and finally the creation of Australia's various State and Territory prisons and community corrections systems |
| Analysis |
Criminal justice |
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Prisons |
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Law and order |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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History, 1901-1999 |
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Chronology |
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Statistics |
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Interstate comparisons |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [229]-232 |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Australia -- History.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- History.
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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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Prisons.
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Corrections -- Australia -- History.
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| LC no. |
00002852 |
| ISBN |
0868409154 : |
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9780868409153 |
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